MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 03:50
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 651 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 89.6 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 73.3 73% 86 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 95.2 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 5 (03) Spinup time 204 171 4783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 224 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 196 195 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 91 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1093 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 143 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.19 105% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 101%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 845GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 163 Mixed 167 206% 279 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 3.17 4K Mixed 0.35 269% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 192%
Apricorn 250GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 40GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 211 Mixed 231 292% 230 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 12.5 1,385% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 6.94 942% 16.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 166%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 859B CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 20.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,113x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	721x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	434x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16